[IEEE-bhpjobs] Wednesday, February 8, 2006

[Walter Heger]

The Eastern North Carolina chapter of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and
Biology Society is pleased to sponsor a presentation by Dr. Etta Pisano,
Kenan Professor, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, on the UNC Biomedical Research Imaging
Center and the future of technology development and assessment with focus on
breast imaging.

Date:   Wednesday, February 8, 2006

Time:    6:00-8:00 pm
         Refreshments 6:00-6:30
         Presentation 6:30-7:30
         Q&A following presentation

Place:  MCNC Auditorium
        3021 Cornwallis Rd
        Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3910
        Directions: MCNC is located on Cornwallis Road in Research Triangle
Park. Take the Durham Freeway (Highway 147) north to Exit 6, Cornwallis
Road. MCNC is on the left side of Cornwallis Road going east/southeast.

Cost:   no charge

RSVP:   Please RSVP for this (tjepsen at ieee.org or maya.barton at ieee.org)

Featured Topic: The UNC Biomedical Research Imaging Center and the future of
technology development and assessment with focus on breast imaging

Speaker: Dr. Etta Driscoll Pisano, M.D., F.A.C.R.

Dr. Pisano is Founding Chief of the Breast Imaging Section of the UNC
Department of Radiology and physician co-founder of the UNC
Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Clinic and Conference.  She created and has
led for 14 years an innovative weekly mammography problem-solving conference
which serves as an educational and quality control tool. Dr. Pisano was
named by Diagnostic Imaging as one of the 20 most influential people in
radiology and is a consultant on breast imaging to the Institute of Medicine
and the Food and Drug Administration. she is also Founding Director of the
UNC Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), which includes 12 new
permanent Provost-created faculty positions in medical imaging research.

Dr. Pisano received her M.D. from the Duke University School of Medicine.
She has over 385 publications and presentations in a variety of fields
related to diagnostic imaging, breast cancer diagnosis, and radiology.

best regards
Tom Jepsen
Chapter Chair,
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Eastern North Carolina Section
(919)933-0377
tjepsen at ieee.org

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